Fox Is Releasing A PG-13 ‘Deadpool’ Movie In December

20th Century Fox has a present for Deadpool fans. The studio has just announced that a new ‘Deadpool’ movie will be released in theaters on December 21st! The new movie will be rated PG-13, which is a big change, considering that both existing ‘Deadpool’ movies have very much earned their R ratings. Fox isn’t providing any more information but encouraged journalists to “guess away” as to what this new picture will be. Ryan Reynolds shared the photo above, depicting him dressed as Deadpool with a Santa Claus hat, reading to Fred Savage. This is a clear homage to ‘The Princess Bride’ in which Savage starred when he was a kid. In that film, his grandfather, played by Peter Falk read the titular fairy tale to him when he was sick in bed.

‘Deadpool 2’ came out in theaters on May 18 of this year and is already available on Blu-Ray and DVD. Speaking of ratings, the home video version is an uncut, even more explicit version than what was shown in theaters. It’s possible that Fox is going in the opposite direction and releasing a more sanitized version. Or this new film could be made up of unused footage from that picture.

With Disney purchasing Fox, this might be an attempt to make ‘Deadpool’ a little more family-friendly. Judging just by this photo, Reynolds could be telling Savage about his exploits, but editing them to be less violent.

This ‘Deadpool’ movie replaces another Fox film, ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ which has been pushed back to February 14, 2019.

Earlier this year, Disney’s ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ faltered at the box office and part of the blame was placed on the fact that it came out in less than a year after the last ‘Star Wars’ movie, ‘The Last Jedi’. Is there such a thing as too much ‘Deadpool’?

What do you think of getting another ‘Deadpool’ movie in just a matter of months? Is it overkill or is this exactly what you were hoping to get for Christmas?

Jason Motes

Jason’s earliest memory is of watching ‘Batman,’ followed shortly by a memory of playing Batman & Robin with a friend, which entailed running outside in just their underwear and towels as capes. When adults told them they couldn’t run around outside in their underwear, both boys promptly whipped theirs off and ran around in just capes. Jason’s father gamely agreed to read him comic books as bedtime stories instead of ‘Snow White.’ (Super Friends being his favorite.) Jason saw all of the original Star Wars movies (and Indiana Jones and Superman and Star Trek…) in the theaters. Yes, he is old. And grew up in the most GEEKTASTIC decade ever, the 80s, devouring a steady diet of GI Joe, Transformers, Masters of the Universe, Princess of Power and (best of all) Jem! (It totally counts as sci fi! They had a sentient computer that projected holograms!) Jason has studied literature, journalism, film history and has a degree in creative writing (and a minor in psychology) from the University of South Alabama. He has worked as a technical writer and proofreader. These days, most of his creative energy goes into his blog and writing for this site! He lives with the cutest puppies ever.